Private Equity
The UK-listed group has sold its minority stake in the insurance business to General Atlantic, chalking up its fifth realisation since the beginning of the year.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The State Investment Council shelved a possible commitment to Triton Fund IV after staff was unable to come to terms with the firm, which is targeting €2.4bn for Northern European deals.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The firm doubled the size of its $2.5bn predecessor fund and has invested more than $1bn in nine mezzanine transactions to date.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The investment is likely to be the last by the firm’s Expansion Capital Fund II, a 2007 vintage now close to 80% invested.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The firm has lost a group of executives in recent months, including Montagu's head of investment activity in Germany Peter Kroha and industry veteran Alex Shinder, who spent 20 years at the firm.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
The firm has cut 10% of its staff and is closing its offices in Southern Europe as changed market dynamics take their toll.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
Polaris Private Equity’s managing partner Jan Kühl talks to PEI about the investment climate in Scandinavia.
4 min read · 21 September 2013
The $12.4bn retirement system has a 5% target allocation to private equity and $170m for the asset class in 2013.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
The slowdown in Brazil’s economic growth – and a possible over-supply of capital – has led some to question whether the country is still a viable destination for private equity investment, writes Sam Sutton
7 min read · 21 September 2013
The exit from the UK restaurant chain is 3i’s third of 2013, as the London-listed group aims to improve its disposal activity compared with last year.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
